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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.  The teacher said that DD doesn't listen and doesn't follow directions.  [b]This is a new teacher, she started a few weeks ago[/b].  The teachers before always emphasized that at this age it's more about them enjoying themselves than anything else.  I kind of feel like if its not about having fun what's the point at her age.  [/quote]

Just because the teacher is new to this class or this facility does not mean she is new to teaching. She may be experienced. Find out from the facility or studio if she is experienced with teaching kids this age. If she is -- and I bet she is -- you need to be aware that she sees something unusual and need to be objective enough to accept that. Ask her specifically for examples of what she means.

Also, you can see on the monitor -- but can you hear as well? If you can't hear what's being said, and you can't watch the whole class, it's possible that your daughter is talking to other kids when the teacher is talking, or talking back to the teacher (even if it's not sassy "talking back" but just trying to converse with the teacher, it's still distracting to the other kids). You need to both hear and see entire classes. She might appear on a monitor to be doing OK but you won't know until you hear and see the whole scenario; however, don't ask to sit inside the classroom. That will make her either act just angelic or it'll make her act up--and it will annoy the teacher (who by the way does not have to permit it, if there is a monitor). Ask if there is a way for you to hear the class as well as see it without being IN the room.

It may be that your daughter is just not ready for a structured class yet. There is no shame in that. She also may need more of a 'creative movement class" than ballet, if this is a real ballet class with classical positions etc. I would really find out more about whether the class itself is meant to be "pre-ballet" that really does start some actual ballet training (many studios around here pride themselves on "proper" ballet classes even for kids this young) or whether it's meant by the studio to be more like creative movement. You may be thinking of it as the latter when the studio means it to be the former, or this teacher means it to be more formal than the last one did. Both approaches are OK, but not for every kid. Just don't assume the teacher is wrong and your child is fine for this class.

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